Joshua 15:19-29

19 And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for thou hast set me in the land of Nageb; give me Botthanis: and he gave her Gonaethla the upper, and Gonaethla the lower.

20 This the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Juda.

21 And their cities were cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Juda on the borders of Edom by the wilderness, and Baeseleel, and Ara, and Asor,

22 and Icam, and Regma, and Aruel,

23 and Cades, and Asorionain, and Maenam,

24 and Balmaenan, and their villages,

25 and the cities of Aseron, this Asor,

26 and Sen, and Salmaa, and Molada,

27 and Seri, and Baephalath,

28 and Cholaseola, and Beersabee; and their villages, and their hamlets,

29 Bala and Bacoc, and Asom,

Joshua 15:19-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 15

In this chapter are related the boundaries of the lot of the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:1-12; and the assignment of Hebron to Caleb, from whence he drove out the giants, and of Debir, which was taken by Othniel his brother, to whom, on that account, he gave his daughter in marriage, who made a further request to her father, which was granted, Jos 15:13-19; and then follows an account of the several cities by name, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:20-63.